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On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 15:45, Matthew Jones wrote: > More info for everyone: > > No its certainly not +ve earth. The mounting legs are the > earthing point and they are isolated from the shell. > Its definately intended for ACVW applications, as the > instructions mention bus & beetle. > > I've scanned the instuctions, and taken a closeup of > the top of the VR : http://vw1600e.org.uk/regulator/ > > There is no warning in the instructions. > Originally, there was a piece of phinolic/resin cardboard covering the regulator, to help protect it from shorting out. Over the years, these cracked or were removed by various unknowing owners and mechanics. Nowdays, just a good heavy piece of vinyl or rubber should do the trick. The problem with the new solidstate regulator, is that it needs a little ventilation to help cool it. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~